CVE-2014-9421

CVE Details

Release Date:2015-02-03

Description


A double-free flaw was found in the way MIT Kerberos handled invalid External Data Representation (XDR) data. An authenticated user could use this flaw to crash the MIT Kerberos administration server (kadmind), or other applications using Kerberos libraries, using specially crafted XDR packets.

See more information about CVE-2014-9421 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6.5 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: Requires single instance Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (krb5)ELSA-2015-07942015-04-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (krb5)ELSA-2015-04392015-03-11
Oracle VM version 3.3 (krb5)OVMSA-2015-00542015-04-09



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